Natbrowny:
There is a special demon in this country.

Kudos to that demon. We dey see ur hand

Fela sang of animals in human skin.

Beremx:
Primary 6 should also be made compulsory. Every child should get admitted into secondary school at age 11yrs

What will a child learn in Primary 6 that he hasn't learnt in Primary 5?

When will they finish the school, Serve and get a Nigerian job that requires Fresh graduate of not more than 21yrs of age

blowjohn:
I finished secondary school school at 16.
My brain still hot and sharp.

So what will a human being be doing between that she and 18?

Do they understand the theory of use and disuse?

Do they know that we are still a drug epidemic?

That youths can become lazy as quick as a fox?


Ah!

University education is for matured minds. It's not all about passing exams and making good grades. Can they apply it? We have problems in the unis because kids are allowed to take adult decisions. The UK education is world class because "A" levels is a requirement for admission to undergrad program. Very few get their "A" levels at 16.

They better change that stupid law before my kids grow

blowjohn:
I finished secondary school school at 16.
My brain still hot and sharp.

So what will a human being be doing between that she and 18?

Do they understand the theory of use and disuse?

Do they know that we are still a drug epidemic?

That youths can become lazy as quick as a fox?


Ah!

you can do further readings and mind development,critical thinking and all that

Cambridge A level is also an option

95% of the youth coppers don't know how to write their names. because of what? rush rush

Rubbish!! Absolute rubbish
In an age where 12 years old kids are programming AI and becoming cloud specialists, a bunch of demagogues think restricting access to education based on age is a bright idea

When will Nigeria be able to catch up with the rest of the developed world with this kind of leaders? And I see some ignoramus supporting this? Terrible!!

Vision101:

University education is for matured minds. It's not all about passing exams and making good grades. Can they apply it? We have problems in the unis because kids are allowed to take adult decisions. The UK education is world class because "A" levels is a requirement for admission to undergrad program. Very few get their "A" levels at 16.

Where did you get the idea that a teenager is not a matured mind.
University is about education and enlightenment not maturity or some fattening experience akin to coming of age.
So if a student gets A levels at 16, we'll she be denied admission in the UK?

wman:


What will a child learn in Primary 6 that he hasn't learnt in Primary 5?

the scheme of work for both classes aren't the same. Primary 6 prepares you better for JS1 than primary 5. Mind you, it's only private schools that have stopped having primary 5 though not all private schools. All government primary schools have primary 6.

MasterJayJay:
Mumu government!

you can say that again.. You can actually feel their stupidity from thousands of miles.

The stupidest government on earth.

Then JAMB should stop collecting money from 16 years or better still increase validity of the exam to 3years for 16years that scored above the average scores!

CyrusVI:
Some People will rush here to talk about Lamine Yamal but are quik to forget that his was an exceptional case

Generally, how many footballers have the privilege to rep their Senior team in any Major comp at 18, even Messi wasnt called up till 2006 and he wasnt under-18 then

Good Call by Jamb

Those kids who are prodigies should wait till 18 before receive higher education?

They should also abolish age requirement for people seeking employment. If they can't do this, they should go to h£ll,,😉

FG didn't solve the problems of strike actions, they are here setting boundaries. Rubbish

Very foolish policy, you don't create a policy without putting something in place that will cover for the vacuum you have created. So a child finish sec school at 16. What will the child be doing for 2 years for crying out loud ?

What is the benefit of this policy, because I don't know, someone should enlighten me. This is just stupid

nlfpmod:
What's their problem? Tomorrow employers will say they are looking for 22 -26 years old with 15 years working experience. Crazy people.

A Northerner, from the home and capital of illiteracy and educational backwardness is making educational policies for Nigeria and a more educated South.

Shame on all the people supporting this nonsense.

AmiableMosquito:
Very foolish......at a time when other countries are producing engineers at 18 and PhD holders with ground-breaking research at 20.

Instead of focusing on the quality of the education and overhauling the very rubbish curriculum we use in producing half-baked graduates, you are pegging age of entry.

This is what you get when you make an aboki Minister of Education.

Aboki and backwardness cannot be separated. Tell them that they can't marry an under 18 now and they start foaming at the mouth like rabid pedophiles

He is obviously imposing his ideology, is this not selfish? Terrence Tao got a PhD at 21years.... "This is no good at all, them just they frustrate person!"

Anyway, there are some schools of thought in educational philosophy, psychology, and even religion that would agree with this policy.

JAMB should not sell UTME forms to less than 17 yrs old too.

BigDawsNet:
I think it’s okay

If you graduate from high school at 16

Then the next 3years should be for learning skills or digital skills before your age finally qualify you to seek admission

As a Computer scientist if I was introduced to digital Skills at my early age… by now me and Mark Zuckerberg would hav been working closely together..


Don’t let ur kids make same mistake

I wish I can give this comment a billion likes. Most of these kids will rush to school at an early stage, graduate before 20. Then spend many yrs looking for jobs. Wish ur suggestion is loud enough that every parent can hear

Some private schools don't even have primary six. From 5, you are out. Some have designed an ingenious way by doing From 4 to 6 just to confirm with government regulation that you must have primary 6

This is actually age based discrimination.
Education is a universal right that should not be denied either due to gender, age, tribe or religion. I hope he can be sued

It's because Nigerians don't know their rights that is why the whole polity is strewn with domestic tyrants.
What is his rationale for this edicts, we need statistics and data and not promugulated decrees

Nigeria my country, By the time they add; the age of the kids at entry point let's say 6years to 6 years in pry sch to another 6 years in secondary school then 4 years in university plus 2 years for ASSU strikes then we will be having graduates of 24 years then 1 year in NYSC making 25 years, ,

othermen:
The Minister’s sons and daughters and grandchildren (all abroad) are getting their university degree before they are 18 years.

The minister is not focused on making our universities competitive or improving the output from our universities.

What is the problem exactly with having 16 year old get admission? Their counterparts in other countries do. You even find a 16 year old having a more robust frame of mind and strength of will than those older.

Parents would now send their children to study in South Africa and Ghana.

Not true - In the US, you cannot apply to write the LSAT (Law School Aptitude Test) t o gain admission to study Law if you do not have a 4 year degree- Meanwhile, In Nigeria, anyone, fresh from one secondary school - "barely able to clean their anus in terms of reasoning and life experience" will write WAEC and JAMB in "miracle centers" and baam! - they are reading Law or Medicine in a University. In America, you can not read Medicine without, first, having a degree in one of the natural sciences like BCH (BioChem) MCB (MicroBiology) or even Pure and Applied Chemistry. Even for regular degrees like (Business Admin, Political Science, Philosophy or even Finance) most times - most schools prefer you get your 2 year Associate Diploma (what we call OND) from a Community College before applying for a degree program so they can evaluate your ability to cope with the University degree program -

Naija always finds a way to bastardize and make chaotic - things done with integrity and orderliness in other climes -------> why the rush to graduate kids from Universities when they may be book smart but lacking emotional intelligence required for a balanced University education?

Why not enrol that kid in vocational education to spend that age 16 - 18 learning a life skill so when they get to the university- they can be earning a living with their new skill and sustaining themselves while in school to reduce the financial pressure on their parents ? What is the need of graduating at age 19, serve at age 20 and becomes miserably unemployed - doing yahoo yahoo and hook up from age 21 to 40? rabbissshhh!!!!

HawkTuah:


It's either you ve not take Jamb before or it's been long.

You must do your NIN. And there are many things that can go wrong using a fake certificate. This is 2024

it is either you're not a Nigerian or you've been away from Nigeria for a very long time. This is Nigeria.

HBB1:



By the time your children think of finishing Uni (with no carry over), NYSC, finding a job and deciding to Japa, they are already 30 years old!

There they will start competing with younger Oyinbos that did not fritter their lives away with stupid policies.

The people that entered Uni at 16, did they die, or fail?

I know people that got into Medical School at 15 and are today Consultants!

Away with crass nonsense please.

Read to comprehend please.

JuanDeDios:

Name the "saner clime" countries where 16 year olds are barred from university.

Use google. I no get power to argue

What is this man's rationale for this edict.
Why must everyone be educated at the same pace.
When u bring up people that have no futuristic mindset.

Should the minister of education be regulating geniuses?
Should he not be encouraging prodigies?
These men are laggards who have no business leading us.

ndan:


I love this! This is the main reason we rush children because of the epileptic nature of the federal government's own universities.

My daughter will be done with senior secondary by the time she is 16 years old. We have agreed that she will use the two years to learn a tangible skill.

You have done well bro

With such skill, she can survive on her own if resources take time to get to her from home.

Too many children with no survival skills in the University.

But government must stop the issue of strikes and also the age benchmark setup by companies.